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English into/from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese

A pen pal's e-mail arrives in Spanish. A website is written entirely in German. Customer support for a new camera appears in Chinese. You need to break the language barrier fast! Thanks to SYSTRAN Personal translation software, you can translate letters, Web pages, email, chat, and so much more - in just two easy clicks.

This new talking English <-> Portuguese <-> English two-way dictionary is built on the latest text-to-speech technology to give you advanced speech synthesis and a dictionary with over 450,000 entries. The added benefit, however, is that this Partner is indeed a talking dictionary - it speaks Portuguese as well as English! Dictionary entries can be pronounced, allowing you to hear, repeat and practice the language. All this makes it a great learning tool and an extensive multipurpose linguistic resource.

Effective Learning Curve

Thanks to this dictionary, your reading, writing, comprehension, communication and translation skills will quickly improve. The vocabulary contained within was selected considering the experience of many professional translators. The dictionary is equipped with an express search function allowing you to quickly find the words you need, when you need them.

• Included are over 1,100 phrases (with voice output) grouped by topic for easy daily communication.
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker allows you to enter words as you hear them and pick a spelling from the suggestions list.
• Transcriptions for English entries
• Bilingual interface
• User's dictionary
• The Hangman word game

Added functionality

• Bilingual business organizer complies with the highest industry standards
• Built-in metric and currency converters are indispensable tools for a business traveler
• Large graphic screen. This 5-line high resolution screen makes for natural smooth font appearance and it's easy on your eyes.
• AC adapter, PC-link options available; purchased separately

In addition to the actual electronic dictionary, the package includes two replaceable batteries, a soft pouch for storage and carrying, a bonus CD with additional software titles, and the user's manual in both languages.

This is the most recent, high-end eBookMan offering. Not only is it your all-round language helper but a flexible and accomplished personal assistant too. Allowing you to manage your time more effectively, you will effortlessly communicate with your foreign contacts, translate business correspondence and read memos with an ease you never thought possible.

The seven bidirectional dictionaries all translate between English and Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish permitting you to travel the world with confidence and ease. Each and every dictionary contains a database of 520,000 words giving you over 3.5 million options! Not only is this a powerhouse of a language tool but also an unsurpassed language resource and a fantastic learning tool. It also features the functions of the other eBookMan devices, allowing you to upload music and books from your PC.

Effective learning curve

If your goal is to communicate effectively - to read, write and translate English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish or Swedish - this dictionary containing extended functionality and flexibility is your best choice. The database’s construction is based on the experience of professional translators working in the field and has some of the fastest, most powerful search functions currently available to help you find the words you need when you need them.

Its crystal clear, high-resolution screen provides a large viewing surface and its rendering of fonts is less tiring for the eyes. Simply install the dictionary on your eBookMan and be amazed by its concise context sensitive character recognition, ease of use and accuracy.

Our extended dictionary allows you to:

• begin searching for entries once the first few characters have been entered;
• enter a word into the special window where you are able to see all articles relevant to that entry in both directions, and easily scroll through these articles;
• if you make a spelling mistake - the Spell Correction System will automatically be launch and offer you a choice of several spelling options.
• With a singleclick you will be taken to the start page where you may select a dictionary

Additional Device features

• Display: 16-level grayscale display and high-resolution touch screen with enhanced polarizers
• Hardware features: USB port ∙ MultiMediaCard (MMC) slot ∙ Headphone jack ∙ Speaker ∙ Microphone ∙ Backlight
• Accessories: Stylus ∙ Removable lid ∙ Cradle with USB connector (serial cradle sold separately)
• Memory: 16 MB SDRAM ∙ MMC slot for expandable memory
• PC system requirements: IBM-compatible 486 PC or higher ∙ 256 color VGA monitor ∙ Mouse or other pointing device ∙ Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP∙ 50 MB free disk space ∙ 32 MB RAM (recommended) ∙ available serial or standard USB port ∙ Internet connectivity ∙ Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later) OR Netscape Navigator 4.02 (or later)
• Desktop software: eBookMan Desktop Manager with Outlook synchronization powered by Intellisync for eBookMan
• Core applications: Franklin Viewer ∙ Franklin Reader ∙ Audiobook Player ∙ Music Player ∙ Date Book ∙ Address Book ∙ Voice Memo ∙ Memo Book ∙ ToDo Book ∙ Calculator

The eBookMan-911 is different from the 900 and 901 models in that it comes in a semi-transparent black/blue shell, has 16MB of RAM and a backlight. Compatible with Windows XP, you can upload music and books via your PC but synchronization with your address book and organizer is not offered.

The User`s Manual is available in English. To download the Desktop Manager for eBookMan, please follow this link.

The newest addition to our world-famous Partner range is also one of our most sophisticated. Featuring an absolutely unique combination of language pairs and voice output capabilities, it is the only handheld dictionary to contain synthesized TTS (text-to-speech) functionality in English, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish within the same device. A giant leap forward for modern electronic translation, the ECTACO Partner XL-1500 Multilingual Talking Dictionary is absolutely one-of-a-kind. Never before has it been so easy to communicate in so many languages. Thanks to its advanced synthesized voice output capabilities, the Partner XL-1500 makes traveling almost anywhere in the world enjoyable and all your communication effective. Its ability to speak translations aloud using the latest TTS modules lets it act as your own personal language assistant and interpreter. With an astonishing vocabulary database of over 3,367,000 words, you will always find something to say. And the inclusion of a 14-topic phrasebook containing travel-related words and phrases means that it can also speak 31,000 phrases in 15 languages to help get your message across in almost any situation. All the features are accessed via an intelligent, user-friendly interface and are located quickly using the fastest and smartest search functions yet deployed. Exceptionally powerful, effective, and affordable, the Partner XL-1500 is the first choice for outstanding international communication.

Highlights:

• English<->Arabic, English<->Chinese, English<->Dutch, English<->French, English<->German, English<->Greek, English<->Hebrew, English<->Italian, English<->Japanese (Kana and Kanji), English<->Korean, English<->Polish, English<->Portuguese, English<->Russian, English<->Spanish dictionaries with a total of over 3,367,000 words, including general words and idioms, medical, technical, legal, business terms, as well as slang and useful expressions.
  Bonus Feature: the XL-1500 translates to/from all included languages via English.
• 14-topic English<->Arabic, English<->Chinese, English<->Dutch, English<->French, English<->German, English<->Greek, English<->Hebrew, English<->Italian, English<->Japanese, English<->Korean, English<->Polish, English<->Portuguese, English<->Russian, English<->Spanish audio PhraseBookTM with a total of 31,000 phrases in 15 languages for daily communication designed exclusively for frequent travelers
• Unlimited TTS voice function in English, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish in the dictionary
• Reverse translation
• Multiple input methods for typing in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian entries
• Look-up function
• Award-winning Vector UltimaTM spell-checking system
• Phonetic transcription for English and Romanization for Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, and Korean
• Metric and currency converters
• World time clock
• Slang lock
• External power jack for AC operation
• Headphone jack

Plus! Super Value Bonus CD!Get access to millions of words. This amazing bonus CD includes numerous LingvoSoft dictionaries for Windows, Palm OS, and Pocket PC.

This product employs the Pinyin system for input of text.

Pinyin input is a transliteration system that allows you to read and write Chinese using the Latin alphabet. It requires users to enter a series of standard symbol combinations which are then able to be read as an accurate, standardized approximation of the Chinese language. The Pinyin system of input is the most popular and easy to use methods of communicating in Chinese without using hieroglyphs.

In this Pocket PC anthology we have brought together the software titles for the East Europeanlanguages found in our catalogue. Together, these applications are the perfect means to communicate with virtually anyone in or from Eastern Europe in a most straightforward and productive fashion.

In this anthology we brought together the whole inventory of Palm software titles for the. West European languages found in our catalogue. Together, these applications are the perfect means to communicate with virtually anyone in or from Western Europe in a most straightforward and productive fashion.

In this Pocket PC anthology we have brought together the software titles for the West European languages found in our catalogue. Together, these applications are the perfect means to communicate with virtually anyone in or from Western Europe in a most straightforward and productive fashion.

In this anthology we brought together the whole inventory of Windows software titles for the. West European languages found in our catalogue. Together, these applications are the perfect means to communicate with virtually anyone in or from Western Europe in a most straightforward and productive fashion.

Our newest release, the Audio PhraseBook-7 B-3 Multilingual, is an inexhaustible talking travel companion. It instantly translates 49,000 English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian travel-oriented phrases divided by activity and speaks the translation aloud. Featuring natural pronunciation as recorded by native speakers it is easily understood by your listeners. And its powerful search functions allow you to quickly find what you need – exactly when you need it. So you will be communicating with ease in a matter of seconds!

This dynamic handheld substitutes for an interpreter in most standard situations, such as when registering at a hotel, shopping, visiting a bank and more. It is extremely flexible. And it easily switches between subjects to fit almost any circumstance. To make it even more useful, there is an entertaining FlashCards word game included. This lets you practice from a personal list of words and phrases to improve your vocabulary. It’s the fun way to increase your confidence no matter where you are.

The B-3 comes complete with a stylish, self-amplified loudspeaker that you wear around your neck. It helps make sure you get your message across loud and clear. A bonus CD of more than 20 software dictionaries and the ECTACO Desktop Manager is included to enhance your device. Furthermore, this remarkable translator is extremely customizable. It even allows you to add additional languages if needed.

We have also included many practical organizer features to help you keep track of things. With an address book, diary, and digital voice memo, it is your own personal assistant. We have even included an MP3 music player to provide entertainment during your travels. Simply load it directly from your desktop PC before leaving home!

Features and Accessories

• Display: 16-level grayscale display and high-resolution touch screen with enhanced polarizers;
• Hardware features: USB port - Multimedia Card (MMC) slot - Headphone jack - Speaker - Microphone - Backlight;
• Core applications: Music MP3 Player - Date Book with audio reminders- Address Book - Voice Memo - Memo Book - To Do Book - Calculator;
• Two input methods: keyboard and handwriting recognition;
• Natural pronunciation of all phrases recorded by native speakers;
• Accessories: LS-101 self-amplified loudspeaker (batteries, connection cable and neck strap included) - Stylus - Removable cover - Headphones - USB Cable (USB and Serial Cradle sold separately);
• Password protection;
• User’s manual in English

  Connectivity Option

  You can connect this device to your PC; for this purpose your system should meet the following minimum requirements: IBM-compatible 486 PC or higher - 256 color VGA monitor - Mouse or other pointing device - Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP- 50 MB free disk space - 32 MB RAM (recommended) - available serial or standard USB port - Internet connectivity - Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later) OR Netscape Navigator 4.02 (or later);

The comprehensive dictionary contained here includes over 450,000 entries. It is able to pronounce in both English and Portuguese and includes an extensive English grammar with a section dedicated to irregular verbs. The bilingual organizer incorporates a telephone directory and memo section which is password protected.

Featuring the recently updated and comprehensive Third Edition of the American Heritage Dictionary and a thesaurus with an extensive grammar, this is a stylish and powerful language handheld. Featuring state-of-the-art English speech synthesis, you will be amazed by the quality and sophistication of this device.Its resource materials incorporate an enormous amount of information including bidirectional dictionaries for 5 different languages and over 1000 everyday phrases arranged by subject-matter. Combined with the included dialogues and the sheer ease of use, you will hold in the palm of your hand one of the most reliable and flexible language partners available anywhere.And we haven’t forgotten that you’ve got lots of other things to manage as well as your use of multiple foreign languages - so we have included a multilingual personal assistant which will help keep you on track and reminded about everything happening in your busy schedule.

Integrated language solution

• Most complete dictionary of modern English language
• Extensive specialized terminology base
• 1,100 useful phrases grouped into 12 topics for easy navigation
• English speech synthesis for all dictionaries
• 5 bilingual bidirectional dictionaries including colloquial expressions and idioms
• Vector Ultima spell-checker allows you to enter words as you hear them and choose a spelling choice from the suggestion list.
• Transcriptions for the majority of English dictionary entries are included

Upscale business assistant

• Multilingual personal organizer with fax and e-mail capability, and a shorthand function, reference system, travel guide; conforms to highest industry standards
• Digital voice recorder with 12-minute recording limit
• AC adapter, PC-link options available; purchased separately

For complete information on this model, please refer to the instruction manual available in PDF format.

  Speech Recognition Enabled!  

The ECTACO Partner EPg800 is a revolutionary, expandable bilingual Dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook. With cool modern styling, hi-resolution color touch-display and state-of-the-art linguistic tools it is one of a kind. The massive vocabulary contains over 565,000 words and is one of the biggest around. The inclusion of the most sophisticated and accurate voice facilities available on today’s competitive market is the defining feature of this remarkable handheld. It features both state-of-the-art English speech recognition and highly advanced English and Portuguese voice capabilities powered by the latest TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology. It even goes so far as to include crystal-clear native-speaker voices for both languages in the Audio Travel PhraseBook section as recorded by professionals.

This intelligent linguistic device is literally packed with information and tools to help you master your foreign language skills for either academic endeavors or travel.

Highlights:

• Color display: the luxury of a hi-res color screen with adjustable color schemes, customizable elements, color-coded parts of speech, samples of use and much more
• Expandable vocabulary: over 565,000 words already included in the general dictionary - the largest vocabulary base ever! Plus you can easily add more than 50 language combinations available as ECTACO MMC Cards!
• Advanced English and Portuguese speech synthesis.
• Instant reverse translation
• Superb English and Portuguese speech recognition.
• Designed with the real traveler in mind, the Audio PhraseBook is at your disposal on pleasure or business trips. It delivers real human-voice output in English and Portuguese for over 14,000 pre-recorded phrases. It also provides the different responses you might receive in the "You May Hear" section.

Dictionaries:

• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations
• Over 565,000 words in English-Portuguese general dictionary
• Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder™
• Custom function "Add new word" allowing to create your own vocabulary and add them to the existing ones
• Slang lock: function allowing you to include or lock out slang from your dictionaries
• Look-up function helps you easily navigate through huge vocabulary bases at your disposal
• Interchangeable MMC/SD cards allow you to add a variety of languages and endless linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Language-learning:

• SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies, helping you to prepare for these tough, English-language standard proficiency tests
• Linguistic games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test: these help you learn at your own pace, expand your vocabulary and improve spelling
• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations
• Over 565,000 words in English-Portuguese general dictionary, featuring synthesized voice in both English and Portuguese
• Phonetic transcription, essential tool for those learning to speak and write properly
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker

Traveling:

• English <-> Portuguese Audio PhraseBook with natural human-recorded speech will help you in a variety of standard everyday situations and activities
• FlashCards: the classic game that helps you improve your vocabulary while you play.

And more…

• Media Player with MP3 support to aid you in study and at play. Thousands of Audio Books are available to be programmed into this MP3 player.
• Currency and metric conversions
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• … and more

This device is powered by AC/DC adapter and rechargeable battery (all included in the standard package)

ECTACO Partner EPg800 is an English <-> Portuguese translating device from the P800 series.

Click here to learn more about this device’s enhanced functionality.

English into/from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, and Russian

A fast-paced small or medium size business may have large translation needs, yet its budget is anything but large. With just a few clicks, SYSTRAN Professional Standard 5.0 translates documents, emails, Web content, chat, and more - at a substantial savings over a traditional translation service.

The revolutionary new ECTACO Partner EW800 is your all-purpose travel and language-learning companion in Western Europe. This addition to the ECTACO P800 series is an expandable, bi-directional English to/from German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook. It is our most powerful and efficient hand-held translator, quickly providing instant translations between English and 5 other Western European languages, yet easily expanded to incorporate more than 50 language combinations by adding additional MMC/SD cards. As with the other devices in this series, the EW800 presents a vast vocabulary database; in this case containing more than 2,500,000 words and phrases! With its remarkable speaker independent speech recognition system, it is able to understand German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, providing unique learning opportunities for frequent travelers. It can also speak aloud all of the words and phrases in all 6 of the included languages making it one of the most useful language management solutions for business or tourist travel ever invented. Employing the latest language management solutions that use foreign language Speech Recognition modules and Text-to-Speech processing it is a real powerhouse. With its sharp, modern styling, hi-resolution color touch-screen and state-of-the-art linguistic tools it is truly one of a kind.

Highlights:

• Color display: a luxurious hi-resolution color screen with adjustable color schemes, customizable elements, color-coded parts of speech, samples of use and much more
• Expandable vocabulary: over 2,500,000 words already included in the general dictionary - the largest vocabulary base ever! Plus you can easily add more than 50 language combinations available as ECTACO MMC/SD Cards!
• Advanced English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese speech synthesis.
• Superb English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish speech recognition, allowing the machine to fine-tune to an individual user’s voice – an excellent language study tool and source of rewarding infotainment. Test your pronunciation by trying to speak out a phrase in the foreign language and see if the Partner understands you. If it does – then everyone else would understand your speech too!
• Designed with the real traveler in mind, the Audio PhraseBook is at daily disposal on pleasure or business trips. Recorded by professional native narrators it delivers superb voice output in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese for over 84,000 pre-recorded phrases. It also provides the different responses you might receive in the "You May Hear " section.

Dictionaries:

• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations
• A total of over 2.500,000 words in the combined general dictionaries for English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
• Advanced word recognition including the English and Spanish MorphoFinder™
• Custom function "Add new word " allowing to create your own vocabulary and add them to the existing ones
• Slang lock: function allowing you to include or lock out slang from your dictionaries
• Look-up function helps you easily navigate through huge vocabulary bases
• Interchangeable MMC/SD cards allow you to add a variety of languages and endless linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Language-learning:

• SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies, helping you to prepare for tough, English-language standard proficiency tests
• Linguistic games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test: these help you learn at your own pace, expand your vocabulary and improve spelling
• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations
• Over 2,500,000 words in the combined dictionaries, featuring synthesized voice for all included languages
• English phonetic transcription, essential tool for those learning to speak and write properly
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker

Traveling:

• English <-> German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Audio PhraseBook with natural human-recorded speech will help you in a variety of standard everyday situations and activities
• FlashCards: the classic game that helps you to improve your vocabulary while you play.
• Media Player with MP3 support to aid you in study and at play. Thousands of Audio Books are available to be programmed into this MP3 player.
• Currency and metric conversions
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• … and more

This device is powered by AC/DC adapter and rechargeable battery pack.

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Click here to learn more about this device’s enhanced functionality.

English into/from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese

A fast-paced small or medium size business may have large translation needs, yet its budget is anything but large. With just a few clicks, SYSTRAN Professional Standard 5.0 translates documents, emails, Web content, chat, and more - at a substantial savings over a traditional translation service.

  Speech Recognition Enabled!  

The ECTACO Partner E15C800 Talking Electronic Dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook is a powerful multilingual travel companion. One of the most impressive language management handhelds available anywhere, it is the clear leader in the field of portable translation devices. With its sleek modern design, hi-res color touch-screen and state-of-the-art voice capabilities, it is our most advanced model. The extensive dictionary features a huge vocabulary with more than 10,000,000 entries. But the most impressive feature of this sophisticated handheld has to be the inclusion of some of the most advanced voice functions available anywhere. This one-of-a-kind device includes both sophisticated speaker independent speech recognition system that lets it understand what is said to it in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian and crystal-clear, professionally narrated native-speaker voice output in Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, English, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. Providing frequent travelers and students alike with plenty of learning and communication options, this extraordinary device also includes cutting edge Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese Russian, and Spanish voice synthesis powered by the latest TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology in its collection of essential tools. Built to help users feel confident and relaxed when using a second language, it is intelligent, flexible and quick to respond. This latest-generation handheld is full to capacity with valuable information and indispensable utilities that help you to make the most of your foreign language skills whether traveling, studying or conducting business.

Highlights:

• Superior Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, French, Farsi, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian speech recognition. An additional advantage of this functi